China set to expand scope of China RoHS

According to Michael Kirschner, president of Design Chain Associates in San Francisco, this week the Chinese government’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued a proposed update to the China RoHS Regulation that has been in force since March 1, 2007. They are requesting stakeholder comments through August 19 (only 30 days).

Design Chain Associates has translated this update and it is available for purchase on its ChinaRoHS.com website. Click the link, scroll down past the legalese, and the first document is the proposal.

“One key feature is that they have changed, ‘Electronic Information Products’ to ‘Electronic and Electrical Products,’” says Kirschner. “They have not defined the new scope yet. Could this be an indication of a desire to more closely align the scope with EU RoHS? Hard to know. The draft gives a phone number and email address to submit comments to (presumably in Chinese - we can help you translate your comments, for a fee of course).”

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